Vegan diet increases the risk of birth defects, scientists warn

Terrorist groups like PETA want to force everyone into a strict vegetarian diet that would include no meat, fish, milk, or eggs. They have backed up their acts of terrorism with disinformation about the pros and cons of eating meat.

The fact has been well established that very young children need animal protein, in addition to their mother's milk. And now we learn that pregnant women also need it, in order to prevent birth defects:

Women who are strict vegetarians or vegans may be a greater risk of having a child with birth defects because they are likely to be deficient in vitamin B12, researchers warned.

Research carried out in Ireland has found that women with low levels of B12, found in meat, eggs and milk, when they conceive are at greater risk of having a child with neural tube defects.
These conditions include spina bifida, which causes partial paralysis, and anencephaly where the brain does not develop and is normally fatal shortly after birth.